Pregnancy can be an inspiring, emotional, and sometimes stressful experience. In this prenatal yoga program presented by Yoga Journal, experienced instructor Shiva Rea offers a special series of stretching postures and strength-building exercises -- with modifications to help expecting mothers adapt to changes that occur during each trimester. The ...
Living Arts and Gaiam present this excercise program featuring an advanced yoga-based workout led by yoga expert Rodney Yee. The poses included grow more difficult as the routine progresses, with Yee guiding participants through a series of standing poses, a variety of forward bends and back bends, twists, arm balances and the Sun Salutation pose. ...
Experienced meditation teacher Jack Kornfield instructs this introductory video on the practice of meditation for increasing awareness and clarity of mind. Four different techniques are covered: breath awareness, thought/feeling awareness, body sensations, and the practice of loving kindness. The video, including a 15-page study guide, offers a ...
A fit, strong torso and spine are essential for good health and relaxation of the mind and body. Master yoga instructor Rodney Yee developed Upper Body Yoga to strengthen and sculpt all of the muscles of the back, chest, and spine. The 20-minute workout, filmed in beautiful Maui, consists of a six-minute sun salutation to stretch and warm-up to ...
This volume of Marsha Wenig's YogaKids series is designed to take kids ages 3-6 from a state of restlessness and hyperactivity to one of calm and relaxation, in the process giving them the tools to repeat the mood shift on their own. In addition to soothing young yogis (and by extension their parents), the 40-minute program promotes coordination ...
This workout video is an introduction to exercising with the Balance Ball. Designed for beginners yet suitable for all fitness levels, this program helps build muscles and improve posture, flexibility, and body awareness. Hosted by Yoga and Pilates expert Suzanne Deason, the workout is easy to follow and engages the entire body. ~ Andrea LeVasseur ...
Yoga instructor Rodney Yee adheres to the principle that regular yoga practice provides enhanced athletic conditioning, improves balance and concentration and reduces the chance of injury. In his hour-long workout, Yee and his assistants lead viewers through "opening" bending and twisting exercises for spine, hips and hamstrings. "Conditioning" ...
The motto of this yoga workout is "focus, stretch, flow." Acclaimed yoga instructor Suzanne Deason teaches this beginner's workout which modifies basic yoga poses to make them accessible to students of all fitness levels. Deason takes care to concentrate on breathing techniques and keeps a slow, steady pace throughout the flowing poses of the ...
From Living Arts and people behind Yoga Journal comes this follow-up to Ashtanga Yoga: An Active Practice - Introductory Poses, designed to take viewers to the next level of Ashtanga Yoga. Featuring instruction by Nicki Doane, Ashtanga Yoga: An Active Practice - Beginners aims to help participants improve balance, flexibility, and strength with a ...
Instructor Suzanne Deason provides a thorough set of balance ball routines for beginning and intermediate students during this workout, which incorporates both yoga and Pilates-type conditioning. While all of the major abdominal muscle areas are targeted, special emphasis is placed on toning the deepest muscle layers so that students can improve ...
YogaKids 2: Yoga ABCs offers a yoga workout designed for children. Twenty-six poses are presented, each associated with one of the letters of the alphabet. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
Living Arts and producer/director Ted Landon present this fitness program aimed at offering a safe and healthy yoga routine to new mothers. Released in 2002, Yoga Journal: Postnatal Yoga is hosted by yoga instructor Rea Shiva and is designed to help viewers deal with the physical and emotional repercussions of pregnancy and giving birth by ...
Yoga for Stress Relief features a series of poses designed to help the viewer regulate breathing and sooth frayed nerves. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
Instructed by yoga guru Rod Stryker, Yoga Journal's Yoga for Longevity emphasizes lengthening and strengthening the spinal muscles while promoting a sense of connection between the mind and body. Proper breathing is encouraged throughout the program, which includes yoga staples such as the cat's pose, twists, arm rotations, and the triangle and ...
Instructed by Leah Kalish, this production encourages all of the hallmarks of Yoga -- balance, an increased sense of focus, flexibility, and all over health -- in a kid-friendly way. Good for rainy afternoons and parent-child activities, Yoga Fitness for Kids Ages 7-12 is a unique and fun method of putting a child's energy to good use. ~ Tracie ...
From the makers of the health magazine Yoga Journal, Yoga for Back Care is a workout video designed to strengthen back muscles and restore spinal alignment. Hosted by yoga instructor Rodney Yee, this three-part workout teaches stretches, poses, and twists to increase back health. These movements help people respond to back pain, increase ...
This program instructs the viewer in aspects of the Chinese discipline that combines elements of Yoga. This particular video contains exercises designed specifically to eliminate toxins from the body. The viewer will learn specific poses and breathing techniques that should increase one's strength and stamina. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
Achieving weight loss can often be accomplished by careful dieting, but without balanced full-body conditioning the results are usually short-lived. Being aware of your body's needs as you work to maintain an ideal weight is an important key to success, and with the help of four different levels of yoga and stretching workouts, yogi Suzanne Deason ...
Ashtanga Yoga: Introductory Poses - Master the Essentials features instructor Nicki Doane leading the viewer through a series of beginning poses and stretches designed to introduce people to the benefits of Yoga. Some true beginners may find the level of this workout more challenging than helpful, but those with a rudimentary understanding of Yoga ...
Michelle Kluck hosts this instructional program on the practice of reflexology, a method of foot massage that rests on the theory that the hundreds of nerve endings located in the feet correspond to the organs and systems in the human body. The program teaches viewers how to perform reflexology massage on themselves or a partner, in an effort to ...
Living Arts presents this yoga-based excercise program hosted by Suzanne Deason. Released in 2002, Yoga Conditioning for Women offers a routine specifically designed for females. Comprised of a series of poses, stetching, twisting, bending, and breathing, the focus of the program is to provide a workout that improves flexibility while calming and ...
Yoga is an ancient Hindu practice that uses breathing and stretching exercises to prepare the body for the spiritual path. These exercises condition the physical body so that the mind can practice meditation without obstacles. Western society has adopted these exercises as a fitness program. In Lower Body Yoga , instructor Suzanne Deason has ...
Because of a baby's small stature and tender bone structure, massage has to be geared especially to meet the needs of an infant. Massage specialist Michelle Kluck teaches the proper technique in approaching a baby for a gentle massage, which soothes, limbers, and stretches the young one. There are specific instructions on massaging areas of the ...
In this instructional program, the therapeutic and medicinal benefits of massage as a nonevasive and natural treatment are revealed. The program demonstrates several of the contemporary uses for this ancient healing art, including better balance and circulation, increased dexterity and flexibililty, and pain relief without drugs -- particularly ...
This program offers a series of poses in the Chinese discipline designed to teach the viewer how to use breathing techniques and the poses displayed in order to increase one's personal calmness. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
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